Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1930 — Page 1

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IIGH WAGE SCALE URGED BY PRESIDENT

|n REVEALED E FIGHT SEN. SeORRE NORRIS ■ |*. National Cominit■Loaned Director Lu■s Funds For Scrap ■\S WANTS | NORRIS OUT ■shiii'-'ton. Dee. 23.—‘U.P.) He Republican national Hitb'c stood revealed tofinancial guarantor xti M. Lucas’ secret against re-election Hn'ilor George W. Norris Hbr.isk i. Republican in Hnt< have begun a hunt ups.” agton w< ndered lodi\ I’o-sident Hoover would l.ucas by retaining him as ■! rector of the rrpubli':.ii committe • or wh th be forced to sacrilici ■i-nW' young Kentuckian to ■ n the prcgc ssive repnb ■hi:.: Lucas, in effect ha.; etilars out of the party, lies struck back twice al But his statenight was directed sob Norris, whose politic.:! ■t has described as "a growin the vitals of the reparty and it must be cut party is to survive.” of the dispute was Not recently has sue!: mge been exchanged in pal ty disagreement I'.n' obvious difficulties of p r ■ t‘eiilar republicans to ac Micas' party standards and :■> ■he progressives out of their chairmanships and s n i- i u'd I" that a third party iop from this pos: b e K had contended In fore ■v-wieating c> mmitte.project was a per paid for witli borrow.-a B Nye called Wade IL Coopof the local cumimrMaiiutial Bank, and learn- d advanced to Lucas was ■ by an equal amount set Brow a $40,000 special repith committee bind for Ban account was opened in October 23 by .1. IL Nutt, treasurer. Nutt inform ■ bank the special m count for Lucas' conveniem at the bank witli Janies a vice president am 1 . B treasurer of the republican committee. Nutt said in Bnd last night, however, that ■ no. knowledge of a loan Lucas. Bof tiie fund became ..ecttr.i;loan by what Coopm <!<• Ba- a "pretty strange trail--BINUED ON PAGE THREE) i |IECONCERN Its contract BState Bridge to Be Bill Across Wabash g River Soon Bitfield, 111., Dee. 23—(U.R)— B award of the contract for Bctlon of a bridge over tin' B> river at Mount Carmel Biieh will link Indiana and B> to the Vincennes Bridge Bi). Vincennes, Ind., was by the state department works and buildings here ■ Work will start inimed■department officials stated. ruction company having P" sl of its equipment on the ■' the project for several Bh'iciion of the bridge, Bid, will not be delayed by award contracts for tillB approaches to the Illinois B the bridge, necessitated by Biding of the Wabash river B re to award the latter two ■'ts, it was said, was due to the state and officials of Railroad in reaching Bement as to the cost of t ■" iim overhead bridge. ■ contract for the filling in ■lllinois approach will not lie until the overhead bridge Bt is decided. Btinued ON PAGE SIX)

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Continue ry Law Enforcenienl J ' r Jv I Louis .1, I utt. Dry" A* nnnistrator , I of New Jersey, will follow instruc- . tions from Washington to continue enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment in spite of Federal Judge Clark's ruling tnat the dry law in invalid. I I SCHOOLS START HOLIDAY REST County and City Public and Parochial Schools’ Vacations Start Schools throughout Adams couti ty, public and parochial were dismissed today for the annual Christmas vacation. Colleges and universities dismissed in most instances last Friday for the holiday season. The rural schools in the county completed the first semester of school work today and final examintions were held yesterday and today, When school work is resumed next January 5, the second semester ly. AllAJllilL grade and high schools will start. Decatur and Berne schools were dismissed this afternoon, but there is yet another month to the first semester of schools in these cities. Decatur Catholic schools were dismissed Monday and will be reopened January 5. Other parochial schools of the county were dismissed this afternoon. Appropriate Christmas programs were held at practically all schools of the county today. More sno wfell in Decatur during this morning, giving further evidence that the holiday season was at hand. Decatur stores reported much trading Monday and today and indications were that many late shoppers would take advantage of Decatur stores being open Christ mas eve. All local stores also will remain open until 9 o'clock tonight to give those who are working an opportunity to make Christmas purchases. o Mother of Local Man Dies Near Elwood, Ind. I Mrs. Artlmissa Carpenter, 7S. mother of O. S. Marshall of this city and former Decatur woman died at the home of her sou. Ernest Marshall, near Ellwood, at 10 o'clock t Monday evening. Mrs. Carpenter formerly live.l with her son in this city and was well known here. Surviving are Ernest of SHRDLU HRDLTT SRDL three sons, O. S. of this city, Ernest of Ellwood. and John Marshall of near Berne. Funeral arrangements have been completed. Will Give Program The annual Christmas program of the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Sunday School will be held on Christmas night. Thursday■ ber 25, at 7:30 o'clock (S.andaid time) at the church m 1 A children's program will p,eß ®" l ed and will include recitations, dta lotrues* uihl songs. The Mesdames Gladys Rai c . Katie Daniels and Nellie Jackson are in charge of the program. The public is invited to attend. f Good Fellows Club » — ~—■; ;t ' ’ $5i5.951 Previous total & q () Fred Schafer Cloverleaf Creamery ) ()() Patsy Meibers g 2 Friend " 1535.77! T °r al T Burk donated one ton of and Chatie worth of mertoys.

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BANK BANDITS ARE SENTENCED Three Burket Bank Robbery Survivors Get Long Prison Terms Warsaw. Ind„ Dec. 23 —The three survivors of four bandits who I held up the Bank of Seward at Burket Saturday, were under long I prison sentences today. Their companion. Jacob Al Johnson. Chicago, I was dead of bullet wounds suffer:ed in the battle with a posse at , Etna Green. John I‘iffer, alleged leader of the gang, jeceived a 2a year senI fence to state prison. Garland! Ives, who was with Johnson ami Peffer on their attempted robbery 1 of the Etna Green bank earlier Sat-1 urday. was sentenced to 15 years in the state reformatory. Russel Ives, participant in the j Burket robbery only, was sentenc- | d to the reformatory for ten years. Newport, Ind., Dec. 23. (U.R) — | James Clark, 32, and Walter Dietrich. 26. two surviving members of the bandit gang that robbed the Citizens State Bank of Clinton of $15,000 a week ago were to be ar taigned in Vermillion circuit court here today on charges of bank robbery and auto banditry. Bodies of their three cornpanicns,I killed during a gun battle with a posse near Sidell, 111., were buried I in a paupers’ grave at Side’.l yes-| terday after they remained tin-1 claimed by relatives. Former Decatur Woman Sends Greetings Home Miss Gusta Cramer, for many years the popular chief operator at the Citizens Telephone offices here, sends greetings to her many friends wi.-hing'theTfi aTTa Merry (’hrtermar and a Happy New Year. She has been quite sick recently and is still in her bed. She says the home at Greensburg where she has lived the past several years is a wonderful place where everything possible is done to make her comfortable and happy but there are no friends like the old ones. TRAIN PLOWS INTO WORKMEN Five Killed When Snow Blinds Sight of Engineer on Train Cranford, N. J., Dec. 23—(UP) —A Central railroad of the New Jersey Commuter train speeding through an obscuring fall of snow, plowed into a section gang clearing tracks at Cranford junction tower todav. killing five members of toe gang and critically injuring another. Three laborers jumped to safety as the express came out of the mist but the other six were picked up by the engine cowcatcher ami scatteied along the light of way for WO feet The injured man, Hugo Molte,, was taken to Elizabeth general hosl)ital - * ... . The accident tied up Iratiic for, nearly half an hour.

■ Merry Christmas A COMMUNITY filled with the spirit of good-will and peace on earth to all men, gives expression |\ through tlu* columns rWTImB I of tonight's Daily ( x Democrat in the him- 'wtfcf dred or more Christ- MK*, .: . I mas greetings. I Wn&WUPractically every / manufacturer, bust- / ness house and professional man in the - city extends greetings // g and wishes lor a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. In a day of rush and strife it will cheer von to read the Christmas messages sent to yon by a grateful and considerate business fraternity. It’s their wish that you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

f)ecatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 23, 1930.

SCHOOLS HAVE OKS AND PARTIES TODAY — Ward Buildings Hold Annual Christmas Programs Before Vacation A L L EN .1 O Y ENTERTAINMENTS —.— The pupils of the ward schoot buildings of lhe city observed the annual Christmas program today, after which school was dismissed for the Christmas holidays. South Ward The South Ward school children (received a special treat, when the South Ward Parent Teachers Association sponsored a turkey dinner at the noon hour. Three long tables, covered with white crepe paper covers of Christmas design, and centered with large red Christmas tapers, miniature Santa Clauses and decorated Christmas trees, were arranged about Miss Acker’s room. A delicious two course turkey dinner was served by the teachers of the school, the Misses Eva Acker Florence Magley, Effie Patton, and Mary Suttles, assisted by the Mesdames Frank Lynch. Joe Linn, amt Charles Knapp. The food was prepared by the mothers of the children in the school, and was served .to the ninety eight children present. The menu for the dinner included roast turkey, dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, escalloped potatoes. 1 baked beans, pickles, bread and but|ter sandwiches, eskimo pies, cooklies and milk. The cookies were bak'ed and given by Mrs. Jane Acker and Mrs. Dan Erwin. At the close of the dinner. Santa Clause arrived at the party and Christmas gifts were exchanged. Sxjioid wa-j thv,n dismissed until January 5. North Ward The North Ward School building observed the annual Chris;mas program with a pot-luck luncheon and miscellaneous program. Each room in the building was prepared with a large table where the luncheon was served, and the pupils had part in the program which followed. Riley School The annual Christmas program of the Riley building was held in the United Brethren Church this afterjnoou. The pupils in each room of the building participated in the program which was of a Christmas nature. High School The Christmas program of the Decatur High School was held this afternoon promptly at one o'clock when Santa Claus appeared at tne auditorium, and presented gifts to the teachers of the high school am! those employed by the school. School was then dismissed for the Christmas holidays. Scholarship Is Offered The Delta Theta Tau Sorority has offered a scholarship of one year's free tuition in high school to the most deserving girl to be graduated front the eighth rade of the St. Joseph Catholic school this yeat. Sister Agnes Terese, eighth grade |teaclte: and several others will a'd as judges, and several points including the girl's scholarship standing I will tie considered.

Approved as Nominee to Federal Power Board ' 1/ A. ri 1 k A Frank R. McNinch, of North Carolina, was approved us a nominee to the Federal Power Commission largely through the efforts of Senator Morrison of North Carolina. who was sworn in and who took up cudgels for McNinch be-1 fore he had his seat warm. He | ■ was a Bryan Democrat until Smith ' was nominated in 1928. aidWols “ TO GET CHECKS Money For 1928-29 Deficit Being Mailed to Aid Schools Indianapolis, Dee. 23. — (U.R) — ■ Christmas girts, in the form of checks cn the deficit in state aid school payments, were being mail-, ed to 229 corporations in Indiana ' today by 'larry Kirk, state aid | auditor. j| A sum of $82,759.70, representing * surplus in the 1930 state afdttmds, ■ was ordered distributed to the , townships, to wipe out a part of the deficit for the 1928 29 sclioi 1 I year. Instructions to corporation i trustees, by State Superintendent i Roy P. Wisehart, were that the i money be used for, paying salary : claims before paying bills for sup(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) t -oSHEPARD SEEKS SECOND TRIAL Army Officer Is Found Guilty of Murder; Is > Free on Bond i _—. Kan as City, Kan., Dec. 23 <U.R) ! —Confident he will be granted a new trial and win vindication, Major Charles A. Shepherd, sent-1 enced to life imprisonment on a! charge of murdering his wife, pre- 1 5 pared today to return to his duties | ’ ris tuberculosis specialist in a government hospital at Denver. 1 The 50-year old army physician • was found guilty yesterday of poi- ■ soiling his wife, Mrs. Zenana M. ' Shepard, with bichloride of merL cury poisoning so he could marry ‘ Miss Grace Brandon, a blonde ' stenographer from San Antonio, Tex. A jury of elderly Kansas farmers and tradesmen deliberated almost 48 hours liefore returning the verdict. “I am innocent,’’ Major Shepard said. “The case eventually will be thrown out of court. I did not poison my wife.’’ Motion of defense attorneys for a new trial will be heard in Topeka. Kan., Feb. 2. The army officer was released on $20,000 bond by Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins pending the hearing. “We are not discouraged as to the final outcome," said C. E. Kagey of Denver, defense counsel. “We have 30 or 40 errors on which to base an appeal. The jury was not fitted to understand the medical testimony concerning poison offered by the government and defense. An innocent man ha-' been convicted.” Major Shepard, remaining in the seclusion of his hotel room today, refused to discuss statements made by Miss Brandon at San Antonio yesterday after being in-i formed of the verdict. The stenographer, who testified for the prosecution in the trial, said she. did not “feel responsible in any way for Major Shepard’s predicament." "The government made me testify,” she said. “I tried to protect him in every way I could. 1 an(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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TAX NEARING I HALF BILLION ON INCOMES Treasury Begins Receiving Final Reports From Revenue Collectors RECEIPTS TO SHOW DECLINE I -Washington, Dee. 23.—(U.R)- -Reiccipts from luci me taxpayers neared the lialf billion *ark today as lhe treasury began receiving final reports from collectors of internal revenue on the payments which were due Dec. 15. Officials estimated December's collections would total $455,00t).0()0. as compared with $516,000,000 received from income tax payers in December a year ago. If the December receipts come | up to expectations, total collections I of income tax for the 1930 calendar year will be $2,320,154,000 or about the same as in 1929. Up to Dec. 20. latest -date tor which figures were available, the treasury had received $47,144,933. as compared with receipts for the same period a year ago of $471.-1 188,311. Yesterday the treasury daily statement shewed a surplus in government finances, with receipts exceeding expenditures by $47,719.552 for the fiscal year. This surplus was more apparent than real, however, as the treasury is far behind this year witli its debt retirement program. The treasury has so far spent only $65,000,000 for the sinking fund this years, compared with $1,524,796,(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Snow Plows Are Ready For Use in Adams County The snow plows recently purchased by the county commissioners for the county highway department were being attached today to the tractor and truck and puj in readiness for use. The plows are aboil' ■ five feet high and of heavy steel ami iron construction. One of the plows will be sent to the south part of the county amt the other will be left in Decatur, to be used by the highway department in the event of a heavy snow storm. They look strong enough to plow through anything and the highway department will he able to open any snow blocked road in the county Chris Eicher road superintendent stated. BORAH BREAKS ON EXTRA MEET —— Insurgent Senator Is For Special Session of Congress Washington. Dec. 23 —(U.R) Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, a leader of the independent Republicans, has broken with the administration on the subject of a special session of congress. Borah favors the extra session after March 4 while President Hoover unqualifiedly opposes the idea. The extra session should be called to consider Interstate motorbus iegulation, power and railroad legislation, the anti-injunction bill (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WHITE CHRISTMAS | Indianapolis, Dec. 23.- (U.R)— | Parts of Indiana are virtually i j certain of having a white ( [ Christmas, but it is likely that | I Santa will have to replace his | | sleigh runners with wheels | during the greater part of his ] I trip through Hooslerdom, ae- ‘ cording to weather bureau of- I | ficiais here. Two inches of snow already i ! covers the St. Joseph valley i '| | and the eastern i>art of Rush i county, J. 11. Armington, sen- ( | lor meteorolcgist of the Unit- j i I ed States weather bureau, said. Armington said that a slight- ' ly higher temperature is likely for tomorrow, but he doubted that it will soar enough to melt | ■ the snow to any great extent.

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! Wins New York State Sec. of Labor Post ! K.iMlai „ Mrs. Maude O'Farrell Swartz! win appointed to the post of secretary of the New York State Department of Labor. Mrs. Swartz is a member of Typographical Union No. 6. vice-president of the Women’s Trade Union League and , a member of the New York State Federation of Labor. She succeeds Miss Sara Pike, present secretary, who is retiring on tiie first of the year. FORMERLOCALWOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. Frances Kramer Victim of Death at Fort Wayne Home Mrs. Frances Kramer, 30. wife of Anthony Kramer of 1415 Swinney avenue. Fort Wayne, and formerly i a resident of this city, died at 5:15 j o’clock Monday afternoon at the' St. Joseph's hospital, after an ill-' ness of about 10 weeks. Her condition was serious for tiie past three years*. She was born in this city, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jbhn Schafer, and spent mote than halt of her life here. Fort the past several years she has lived in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the St. Paul (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I YOUNBPEOPLE TO GUE PLAY St. Paul Society to Present Three-Act Comedy This Week The S'. Paul Young People's So-, ciety of Preble will present “The Dutch Detective", a farce in three acts at the school house, Saturday and Sunday evenings, December 2 7 1 and 28, beginning at 8 o'clock. The play is a comedy that takes place in a small town named Spliiite. ville and covers a period of 30 days time. The scenes occur at the railroad station at Splinterville i where* many humorous incidents take place. Tiie play was written by Waiter Ben Hare and the cast of charac ters include members of the Young 1 Peoples Society of the St. Paul ' Lutheran church. Music will be fur- ‘ nished during the intermissions by ‘ the Hoosier Eagles Orchestra. The public is invited to attend. 1 Following is the cast of characters. 1 Ambrosia McCarty—Queen of the 1 lunch room Helen Werling. Jacob Grabb— the police force ol ‘ Splinterville Alton Bittner. ■* Otto Schmultz a correspondence 1 school detective — William Macks 1 Miss Aiaminta Sourdrops — who loses her Julio — Olga Bleberich. Augustus Coo—a newly wed — . Robert Weber. > Gladys Howler-Coo his bride - ! Louise Bleberich , Plunk Jarlack escaped from the I asylum — Oscar Koeneniiuni. Hortensy Smatters, escaped from asylum — Elizabeth Kirchner. Kathrlna Kraut — from Hamilton I Cidy by der Sehtate of Ohio I —Agnes Gaiser. Major Hannibal Howler—on the ! war path Arthur Bieberich. o 700 Attend G. E. Party More than 700 people, employes , of the Decatur plant General Electric, their familiM and former omp'oyes attended the annual Generj u) Electric Christmas party held last night at tiie K. of C. hall here. A Christmas program was followed by presentation of several gifts i and a round and square dance. The event was planned by several committees of General Electric , employes.

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GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE HIGH SALARIES Hoover Adopts Policy of Prevailing Wages on New Contracts 1931 BUILDING TO BE HIGHER Washington. Dec. 23 <UP> [The government has adopted and will pursue a policy of maintaining lhe highest prevailing wage scales in construction contracts. President Hoover announced at the .White House today. Mr. Hoover pointed out that tho 1 policy was first adopted a year ago I when employers were called hern for an agreement to maintain the thru existing wage levels He said it hud been followed in every direction lioth as to existing contracts tor construction or government buildings throughout tiie nation and as to contracts being let. The policy guarantees that those ; who work under private contra. - | tors in constructing government | tirojects will receive the highest, wage rate prevailing in the disI triets in which they are working. At the same time Mr. Hoover issued an analysis of the increased construction the government has undertaken to alleviate unemployment. It i« estimated that the eonstrin - tion outlay had increased from $276,567.01)0 In 1928 to $530,445,000 I for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1931, and $625,661,000 for the fiscal year 1932. In addition to these expenditures the government will spend on highways during the calendar year 1931 about $90,500,000 and on river < and harbors $25,500,000, a total nf $116,000,000. Added to this is an I outlay of $30,000,000 to accelerate the building program by employing outside architects. Mr. Hoover estimated that tho total outlay for the calendar year | 1931 would lie $725,058,000 as compared with the yearly average exi peiuUture of $275,000,000. iTo Introduce Bills To Strengthen Banks Indianapolis, Dec. 23 —tl'l’)Support by the Indiana Bankers' Association the three hills designed to strengthen mid improve bankfng conditions in Indiana, was assured as a result of action taken by a subcommittee of the organization last night. The legislation will lie introduced by Senator Winfield Miller, Republican of Indianapolis, who drafted the bills in cooperation with I.uthet F. Symons, state lianking commissioner. They deal with the deposit liability of banks, loan restrictions and liquidation. OBSERVE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS Special Masses at Ctholic Church Christmas Day Are Announced The feast of Christmas will he celebrated with nine masses at the St. Mary's Catholic church on Christmas morning ! The scheduled masses will be said at five, seven eight-thirty and nine forty-five o'clock. The first mass will be a solemn high mass. Following the five o'clock piass, other masses will be said up to the high mass at nine forty-five. Special Chris'mas songs will be sung by | the male choir at the first hiaJi mass. ■»' Communion will he distributed at ! all the masses, except the last hirn mass and as has been the eusti\; the members of the congreguiion will receive Holy Communion on Christmas morning The annual collection tor the orphans will lie taken at the. morning masses and an appeal lias been ' made by the Rt. Rev. Bishop John ■ F. Noll, I). I).. Fort Wayne for ad- • ditional funds for lhe building ot a - new orphan’s home at Fort Wayne. I The St. Marys congregation has al- • ways been one of 'he leaders in the • Fort Wayne diocese in the amount » contributed to the orphans. The Rev. Father Arnold Weyman 1 of Carthagena. Ohio is assisting at Uthe local parish during the Christhnas services.